The Association between Intertwin Difference in First Trimester Crown-Rump Length, Nuchal Translucency, and Birth Weight Discordance in Twin Pregnancies: A Retrospective Cohort Stu... by Zachary Michael Ferraro, Tinghua Zhang, Felipe Moretti, Karen Fung-Kee-Fung

“…Although intertwin CRL and NT discordance measured via ultrasound between 11-14 weeks gestation are related to birth weight discordance, there is uncertainty as to whether twin birth weight differences are related to adverse pregnancy outcomes in this population.…”
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The Regulatory Determinants of Economic Growth under Pandemic Challenges: Regional Cluster Issues and Patterns by Yurii Umantsiv, Pavlo Dziuba, Yuliya Yasko, Maryna Shtan, Halyna Umantsiv

“…An econometric cluster model using the k-means method is developed. 172 economies were distributed between clusters based on three parameters: 1) rates of GDP growth for individual economies in 2020, as provided by the World Bank; 2) the World Bank Doing Business rating for 2020; and 3) the COVID-19 pandemic factor that is represented by the total accumulated number of cases officially fixed per 100,000 of population, as provided by the World Health Organization. …”
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Investıgatıon Of Respıratory Parameters, Hand-Eye Coordınatıons And Body Mass Indexes Of Superior İntelligence Students Between 8 And 9 Years by Faruk Akçınar, Mehmet Güllü, Serpil Akçınar, Cengiz Arslan

“…The aim of this study was to investigate respiratory parameters, hand-eye coordination and body mass indexes of gifted students aged 8-9 years. The population of the research consists of 124 students from 23,228 students in the second year in Malatya. …”
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INTEGRATION OF SPENT GRAIN INTO FOOD PRODUCTS by ERŞOVA, Svetlana, SAITAN, Olesea, TARNA, Ruslan, RUMEUS, Iurie, CODINĂ, Georgiana Gabriela, GHENDOV-MOSANU, Aliona

“…Thus, the integration of spent grain in the food composition will lead to solving the economic and environmental difficulties that have appeared in the last decades; it will allow the development of a functional food market, which will lead to the improvement of the quality of the population life by strengthening the trend of good nutrition and reducing the negative impacton the environment.…”
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Hepatoprotective effects of propolis ethanol extract on D-galactose-induced aging mice: A metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis focusing on insulin resistance pathways by Jinjia Liu, Songhao Tian, Jixiang Wang, Qing Sang, Wenting Su, Jinqiang Wu, Fenglei Zai

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Serum IL-1β, IL-2, and IL-6 in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Children by Yasar Dogan, Saadet Akarsu, Bilal Ustundag, Erdal Yilmaz, Metin Kaya Gurgoze

“…The aim of this study was to investigate serum concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in children IDDM. The study population consisted of 27 children with IDDM and 25 healthy controls. …”
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Factors associated with successful treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in a district municipality of Vhembe, Limpopo by Busisiwe Mkhavele, Slindile Zondi, Lindiwe Cele, Mabina Mogale, Margeret Mbelle

“…Background: Treatment success rate is a critical indicator for monitoring the progress of tuberculosis (TB) treatment programmes at both the patient and population levels. It informs decisions about resource allocation and the effectiveness of TB control strategies. …”
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Motivation of nursing undergraduate program entrants: A scoping review protocol. by Leonila Santos de Almeida Sasso, Ana Caroline Dos Santos Costa, Ana Maria Rita Pedroso Vilela Torres de Carvalho Engel, Emília Batista Mourão Tiol, Fabrício Renato Teixeira Valença, Natalia Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodrigues Castro, João Daniel de Souza Menezes, Cíntia Canato Martins, Carlos Dario da Silva Costa, Maria Aurélia da Silveira Assoni, William Donegá Martinez, Patrícia da Silva Fucuta, Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Alba Regina de Abreu Lima, Júlio César André

“…The objective was outlined using the PCC (Population, Concept, Context) acronym. The protocol was developed and registered on the Open Science Framework (OSF) platform under DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/EJNGY. …”
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Translation of oral health research priorities into research topics in an equity-based priority setting exercise by Sumanth Nagraj Kumbargere, Cath Quinn, Lynne Callaghan, Martha Paisi, Mona Nasser

“…Scope and findings This project aimed to understand the challenges of engaging a diverse, multilingual population in setting oral health research priorities. …”
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Seroprevalence of COVID-19 among voluntary blood donors by Arumugam Pothipillai, Swathandran Hamsavardhini, Deepa Duraisamy, Lincy Thiyagarajan, Chandrasekaran Kaliyaperumal, Jyotsnaa Grace Velure Mohan Rao

“…The seropositivity rate coincided with the COVID-19 surge among population.…”
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Endometrial Regenerative Cell-Derived Conditioned Medium Alleviates Experimental Colitis by Chenglu Sun, Jingpeng Hao, Hong Qin, Yanglin Zhu, Xiang Li, Baoren Zhang, Yafei Qin, Guangming Li, Hongda Wang, Hao Wang

“…ERC-CM increased the percentage of Tregs in the spleen and colon but decreased the percentages of M1 macrophages and Th1 and Th17 cells in the spleen and decreased the population of Th17 cells in the colon. In addition, ERC-CM treatment decreased the local expression of TNF-α, IL-6, and iNOS in the colon. …”
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The Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Stage 1–5 Chronic Kidney Disease by Farshad Kajbaf, Romuald Mentaverri, Momar Diouf, Albert Fournier, Said Kamel, Jean-Daniel Lalau

“…There was a negative correlation between 25(OH)D and HbA1c levels for the population as a whole (r=-0.387, P<0.0001) and in the CKD severity subgroups (r=-0.384, P<0.0001 and r=-0.333, P<0.0001 for CKD stages 1–3 and 4-5, resp.). …”
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Inflammatory Markers as Prognostic Factors of Survival in Patients Affected by Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Transarterial Chemoembolization by A. Rebonato, L. Graziosi, D. Maiettini, E. Marino, V. De Angelis, L. Brunese, S. Mosca, G. Metro, M. Rossi, G. Orgera, M. Scialpi, A. Donini

“…We enrolled patients with different etiopathogeneses of hepatitis and histologically proven HCC not suitable for surgery. The overall study population was dichotomized in two groups according to the median NLR value and was analyzed also according to other prognostic factors. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factor among Food Handlers in Dilla University Student Cafeteria, D... by Kuma Diriba, Ephrem Awulachew, Zemach Ashuro

“…It is estimated that about one-third of the world population is affected by food-borne diseases annually and become a global public health problem. …”
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Proliferative and viability effects of two cyanophages on freshwater bloom-forming species Microcystis aeruginosa and Raphidiopsis raciborskii vary between strains by Nada Tokodi, Antonia Łobodzińska, Barbara Klimczak, Adam Antosiak, Sara Młynarska, Sigitas Šulčius, Sarit Avrani, Takashi Yoshida, Dariusz Dziga

“…Furthermore, we found that cyanophage addition triggers host strain-specific responses in photosynthetic performance, population size and toxin production, even among non-permissive hosts. …”
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Awareness and Uptake of Family Screening in Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer at a Young Age by Niamh M. Hogan, Marion Hanley, Aisling M. Hogan, Margaret Sheehan, Oliver J. McAnena, Mark P. Regan, Michael J. Kerin, Myles R. Joyce

“…Increased education and uniformity of guidelines may improve screening uptake in this high-risk population.…”
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Sport-Specific AMCaMP: New Modular Tools for Measuring Adolescent Self-Confidence In Sport-Specific Movement by Keith H. May, William C. Espinoza, Andrew A. Guccione

“…# Background Despite increasing interest in psychological factors that affect the impact of self-efficacy on readiness to return to play, few clinical tools are available to assess self-confidence in performing sports-specific movement patterns in the pediatric/adolescent population. # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of sports-specific modules to supplement a general measure of movement self-efficacy, the Adolescent Measure of Confidence and Movement Performance (AMCaMP)…”
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Association between surgery and increased survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma: a retrospective cohort study by Gangping Li, XinJiang Hou, Yuewen Fu, DongJie He, Di Zhang

“…The median age of the study population was 61.5 years. The median survival was 24.0 months for STR, 30.0 months for GTR, and 18.0 months for non-surgical patients (P < 0.001). …”
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Identification of DLEC1 D215N Somatic Mutation in Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Melanoma and Melanocytic Nevi Specimens by Ricardo Vieira, Maria José Simões, Susana Carmona, Conceição Egas, Carlos Faro, Américo Figueiredo

“…However, since the mutation has not been previously described in general population, its involvement in nevogenesis and melanoma progression remains a possibility to be clarified in future studies.…”
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Penile Microvascular Arterial Bypass Surgery: Indications, Outcomes, and Complications by Ricardo Munarriz

“…The members of the Erectile Dysfunction Guideline Update Panel reviewed the available MABS publications and only four of 31 manuscripts met the criteria for the Arterial Occlusive Disease Index patient. The total studied population of these four publications was 50, which was considered too small to determine if MABS is effective or not. …”
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